It’s been awhile since my last post again. This crazy life. Summer went by so fast. One of my closest friends moved out to LA from Montana, my Mom-in-law flew in for a visit, we took a family trip to Vegas, my bestie flew in for my golden birthday and my husband and I moved into a new neighborhood. Let’s not forget those other every day time taker-uppers (work, dog, exercise, eating, sleeping, pooping). I can’t believe its almost the end of September!
My joyous acting career has kept me on my toes too. I’ve been keeping busy preparing to submit myself to some more projects. And then there’s… “Meanwhile…”, the sketch comedy show I’ve been working on since last year. I feel blessed to be working with such an amazingly talented and driven group of people. We’ve been working sketch by sketch to get this thing ready to release and growing closer as a production team. It’s uber exciting! I feel myself growing more comfortable and better at my craft each time I’m in front of the camera. I also grow to love it more each time.
Yesterday’s shoot was called “Shroom Doom”, about a couple hipster guys that go see a poetry open mic, and it turns out to be terrible, so they take some mushrooms and well, you’ll have to wait to see the show to know what happens next. I played a girl named Sunshine, who has a strange connection to her father and chose to share it onstage.
It was a long day of shooting. About 12 hours for me. By the end, I was exhausted. I couldn’t wait to take the scratchy wig off and the size-too-small-yet-amazingly-awesome boots I wore. My eyes were on fire and I wanted to rip them out, due to dried out – makeup infused contacts. But although I felt all of that, I loved every minute of it! When I got home I ate, took a shower and fell asleep immediately. I woke up this morning and I was ready to do it all over again. That’s when I really discovered something…
Being a main character in a project, whatever it may be, involves a lot of focus, a lot of confidence, and a lot of time on set. You have to be ready at all times. Accessible. It was interesting to think about this in relation to being a main character in a feature film. A feature can involve 12 hour days for weeks and weeks. When I left that set, despite feeling physically beat, I felt good. I felt like I had put everything I had into it and I had done a good job. Not everyday is a great day, but yesterday was one of my great days. I do this because I love it, and when preparation meets opportunity, I’ll be ready.
Yesterday, for the first time since I can remember, I felt that light inside me start to brighten, like someone was turning on a switch… It was me, finally letting go. Such a great moment 🙂
